Comments on: ukrainian egg cookies

By: Stacie

Stacie — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:12:55 +0000

We just bought Polish “pisanki” at Bozek’s in Sterling Heights. The backgrounds are yellow, red and black. So these cookies can be both Polish or Ukrainian depending on the background!

By: Dawn H

Dawn H — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:16:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing!

I agree with the poster above about starting with a chocolate icing when going for black (or brown)…just add cocoa & some extra liquid as necessary to maintain consistency. should help to use less of the black coloring.

Love the cookies!!! it’s not only kids that like to color easter eggs…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:40:50 +0000

When I took cake decorating classes at Wilton, we were told to use chocolate icing and black food coloring if we wanted black decorations. One of the women in my class made her final wedding cake project in black and turquoise, so we saw that it works out really well without becoming bitter. There was a recipe for chocolate royal icing floating around Pinterest a couple of weeks ago, btw.

By: Pysanky-Style Egg Cookies From Brett Bara @Craftzine.com blog

Pysanky-Style Egg Cookies From Brett Bara @Craftzine.com blog — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:11:05 +0000

[...] Creating the rich designs in layers upon layers has always been a bit daunting to me, but these gorgeous Ukrainian egg cookies from Brett Bara of Manhattan Craft Room make me think I might be able to work a little pysanky style in to my [...]

By: Liberty Hall

Liberty Hall — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:46:33 +0000

I was going to post about the chocolate icing too, I have done this, made chocolatecryal icing by mixing in a little cocoa made liquid with boiling water then added black food colouring. You get black icing which tastes good, yay!

By: Rachel Faucett

Rachel Faucett — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:33:47 +0000

I love your amazing Ukrainian egg cookies. I just pinned them on Babble!:)
Have a great Easter! XO Really Amazing!

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:26:37 +0000

Super cool. Love them on the stripe tray!

By: Vicki B

Vicki B — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:50:01 +0000

I agree with others, and I actually thought the icing WAS chocolate. I know having a brown background takes away slightly from the Ukranian feel, but it sure would taste better than the black, yes? And maybe it could be made black with a lot less food coloring than starting with regular royal frosting? We’ll all anxiously await your experimentation … LOL! And did I say that these are gorgeous and almost too pretty to eat?

By: Elizabeth B

Elizabeth B — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:32:17 +0000

Gorgeous! I was going to ask about black icing. Whenever it’s “needed” we always use chocolate instead. I just occurred to me, has any one ever tried mixing back dye into chocolate icing? Then I saw the first comment. Would that actually work?

By: Halliday

Halliday — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:18:22 +0000

Beautiful cookies Brett! They are almost too pretty to eat!